Associate GP

Brondesbury Medical Centre

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Job summary

5 - 7 Session Associate GP working at Brondesbury Medical Centre, or Gower Street Practice Camden CCG.

Applications are invited to join our dynamic, friendly, well-organised practice team serving a vibrant and culturally diverse patient population in Camden.

  • Competitive rate of pay with indemnity and pension
  • Truly Innovative
  • Clinical mentorship / Regular appraisals
  • Supportive team with weekly educational lunch meetings
  • Regular staff meetings, teaching meetings and practice development afternoons
  • GP Training practice with GP trainees, Physicians Associates and Medical Students.
  • Associates GPs are involved in teaching and supervision,
  • Admin-light with document and prescription management systems in place.
  • In-house pharmacist, PA's and paramedic
  • IAPT, Alcohol Councilors and Social Prescriber on site

Main duties of the job

You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. You will work with the multi-disciplinary general practice team of PA's, trainees and nursing staff to support the delivery of policy and procedures and meet the needs of our patients.

About us

Applications are invited to join our dynamic, friendly, growing organisation serving a vibrant and culturally diverse 31,000 patient population in Camden.

Date posted

26 August 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A3752-22-9853

Job locations

279 Kilburn High Road

London

NW6 7JQ


Gower Street Practice

20 Gower Street

London

WC1E 6DP


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
  • Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
  • In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
  • Providing counselling and health education
  • Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
  • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
  • Collecting data for audit purposes
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
  • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
  • In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
  • Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
  • In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
  • Providing counselling and health education
  • Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
  • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
  • Collecting data for audit purposes
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
  • Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
  • In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCGP

Desirable

  • Innovative and proactive
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCGP

Desirable

  • Innovative and proactive

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Brondesbury Medical Centre

Address

279 Kilburn High Road

London

NW6 7JQ


Employer's website

https://www.brondesburymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Brondesbury Medical Centre

Address

279 Kilburn High Road

London

NW6 7JQ


Employer's website

https://www.brondesburymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Amal Wicks

amal.wicks@nhs.net

Date posted

26 August 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A3752-22-9853

Job locations

279 Kilburn High Road

London

NW6 7JQ


Gower Street Practice

20 Gower Street

London

WC1E 6DP


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